The United Nations must continue to provide trusted, accurate information about the world — and be perceived as doing so — the Committee on Information heard today, as it opened its 2026 session in a “toxic” information environment fraught with distorted or outright false narratives supercharged by rapidly advancing technology.
A draft resolution concerning a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS took a recorded vote today in the General Assembly, as delegates disagreed on its organizational arrangements, including the participation of key populations affected by this issue and non-governmental organizations.
The Economic and Social Council’s Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up concluded today with Member States reaffirming the 2025 Sevilla Commitment as the renewed global framework for financing sustainable development and for closing the estimated $4 trillion annual financing gap.
Despite positive political developments in Haiti, international security support is needed to create conditions conducive to holding planned elections, the Security Council heard today, as members debated how that support should operate in a context where minors are caught up in the gangs destabilizing the country.
The Forum on Financing for Development continued its session today with speakers emphasizing that unlocking private capital for sustainable development will depend on reducing perceived risk, strengthening domestic financial systems and ensuring that financing reaches local economies and communities.
Syria could be the success story the world needs, the Security Council heard today, as UN experts outlined how the international community can support that country’s political and economic transition.
The Security Council today broadly agreed on the steps towards Libya’s peace and stability — including elections, institutional reunification, security sector reform and economic transparency — but emphasized that the real test will be effective implementation, sustained political will and a decisive break from the status quo.
The Forum on Financing for Development continued its session today with speakers warning that a tightening “finance squeeze” and a more fragmented global economy are narrowing fiscal space for developing countries.
While hope for peace is alive in Colombia as the country prepares for presidential elections, the Security Council today heard that achieving it — and making it last — still requires the full implementation of a peace accord signed almost 10 years ago.
With violence marring an Orthodox Easter truce, and no significant diplomatic progress, civilians continue to pay the highest price for the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Security Council heard today.
